Rio Ferdinand reignites Jamie Carragher row with ANOTHER dig at former Liverpool star after AFCON controversy

Rio Ferdinand has aimed a fresh dig at Jamie Carragher as their social media row continues.

On Sunday evening, Carragher caused major controversy when speaking about Mohamed Salah on the back of his stellar performance during Liverpool's 2-0 win over Manchester City.

The Egyptian was in fine form as he scored and assisted Dominik Szoboszlai to help Liverpool go 11 points clear of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table.

Carragher faced backlash after appearing to show disrespect towards AFCON as he spoke about Salah's chances of winning the Ballon d'Or.

At the time, fellow pundit Micah Richards said: "Just on you saying AFCON is not a major tournament. A lot of people at home will disagree with that. AFCON is a major tournament."

As the pair argued on the point, Carragher said: "But Egypt aren’t going to win the World Cup, are they?" To which Richards replied: "No, but AFCON is big, isn’t it? Remember when he (Salah) and Mane were going for it?" Carragher was then spotted shaking his head and muttered: "Oh god."

Carragher faced huge criticism on the back of the show, and the former England international took to social media on Monday night to clarify his comments.

Meanwhile, he also got into a row on social media with former Manchester United defender Ferdinand, who Carragher branded as a 'clown'.

Jamie Carragher flippantly disregarding AFCON being a major tournament on Sky Sports tonight. pic.twitter.com/FI2CAFGa5B

— Leo Haider (@leohaider7) February 23, 2025

Rio Ferdinand aims fresh dig at Jamie Carragher as social media row continues

On Wednesday morning, Ferdinand took the opportunity to aim another dig at Carragher after seeing tennis legend Boris Becker criticising the former Liverpool man.

Becker replied to a tweet that had Carragher speculating about Bayern Munich and wrote: "There haven’t been any questions regarding the appointment of Kompany !

"In fact @FCBayern just said domestic title most important trophy this year and are happy with the work of Vincent Kompany! Jamie is NOT well informed at all...@Carra23."

Ferdinand then wrote: "Boris… he’s having a bad couple weeks. Let him off."

Boris… he’s having a bad couple weeks. Let him off 😂😂😂 @Carra23 https://t.co/YLzEddBnMA

— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) February 26, 2025